'We will vote you out in November': Taylor Swift attacks Trump over George Floyd response and accuses him of 'stoking the fires of white supremacy his entire presidency'
Taylor Swift accused President Donald Trump of 'stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism' his entire presidency in an incendiary tweet Friday.
The Shake It Off singer took to social media to condemn Trump for his remarks over the violence that erupted after the police-related shooting death of George Floyd in Minneapolis earlier this week.
'After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? 'When the looting starts the shooting starts'??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump,' wrote Swift in the tweet.
Taylor Swift accused President Donald Trump of 'stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism' his entire presidency in an incendiary tweet Friday
The Shake It Off singer took to social media to condemn Trump for his remarks over the violence that erupted after the police-related shooting death of George Floyd in Minneapolis earlier this week. Her tweet is pictured
Trump was red flagged by Twitter for the controversial tweet following Floyd's passing Monday.
'These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!' the tweet read.
Twitter flagged the president saying his tweet was 'glorifying violence'. It was the second time he was flagged after the official White House account reposted it Friday morning.
Trump's statement that 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' is now hidden by a warning that it violated Twitter's rules - but the message can be bypassed and the tweet remains live.
Trump initially posted his comments from his @realDonaldTrump account at 1 a.m. Friday.
Swift had directed her comments to the president's personal account just before noon the same day.
Trump was red flagged by Twitter for the controversial tweet following George Floyd's slaying
Trump's statement that 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' is now hidden by a warning that it violated Twitter's rules - but the message can be bypassed and the tweet remains live. The White House retweet from Friday is pictured
The tweet can no longer be liked or replied to and will not be recommended by Twitter's algorithm, although retweets with comment are still possible - with Trump's message initially hidden. It is still possible to override the warning message and view the tweet, under special rules for government officials which protect the public's right to know what their politicians have said.
The president retorted today by accusing Twitter of bias against him and his party, and renewing his vow to regulate the site - after claiming yesterday that he would shut it down if he could.
'Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies and propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States,' Trump said.
President Trump tweeted Friday morning that Twitter needed to be 'regulated' after the site put a warning label on one of his tweets about the Minneapolis riots
Twitter had put a fact-checking label on two of Trump's tweets on Tuesday which claimed that mail-in voting in the 2020 election would be 'substantially fraudulent'.
Today's red-flag is more a more severe measure because it actually hides the content of the tweet.
The latest escalation in the president's row with Twitter comes just hours after he signed an order seeking to scrap legal protections for social media firms, which he accuses of political bias.
The order could open Twitter, Facebook and Google up to lawsuits by diluting the legal protection which stops them from being liable for posts on their platforms, and which also allows them to moderate content.
Trump's executive order said websites such as Twitter and Facebook 'wield immense, if not unprecedented, power to shape the interpretation of public events'. Twitter said the order was a political move which attacked free speech.
Trump also praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for his criticism of Twitter's decision to fact-check the tweets. 'CEO Mark Zuckerberg is today criticizing Twitter,' Trump wrote before sharing Zuckerberg's statement.
'We have a different policy than, I think, Twitter on this,' Zuckerberg said in an interview with Fox News.
President Trump on praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for his criticism of Twitter's decision to fact-check the tweets. Zuckerberg is pictured in New York speaking last year
'We will vote you out in November': Taylor Swift attacks Trump over George Floyd response and accuses him of 'stoking the fires of white supremacy his entire presidency'
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